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ASSESSMENT OF THE EFFECT OF METACOGNITIVE SCAFFOLDING ON ACADEMIC ANXIETY OF SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS         ABSTRACT   This study assessed the effect of metacognitive scaffolding on academic anxiety of senior secondary school students in Zaria Metropolis, Nigeria. A Quasi-experimental design, involving pretest-posttest without a control group was adapted for the study. two co-educational schools were randomly selected that served as the treatment groups, Purposive sampling technique ...

Abstract This study was carried out to assess the Mac Arthur Journal Donation Project in Selected University Libraries in Nigeria. Four research questions were posed in order to assess the Mac Arthur Journal Donation Project before, during and after the Donation. The research adopted survey method using questionnaire as instrument for data collection. Data collected were subjected to a descriptive analysis using frequency tables with graphical illustrations. The study discovered ...

STUDIES ON WINE PRODUCTION FROM COCONUT FRUIT (COCOS NUCIFERA LIN.) ABSTRACT Coconut fruit is a tropical fruit with short shelf-live due to prevailing temperature and humid condition in tropical areas like Benue state Nigeria. Consequently, production of wine from fruit may help reduce the level of postharvest loss and increase the range in type of wines. This study undertook production of wine from coconut fruit. Several parameters were determined. Colony counts of ...

Abstract The purpose of this study is to examine local production and its impact on Nigeria economy. This study adopted the survey, ex post facto and descriptive research design for both quantitative and qualitative analysis. It is ex-post facto research design in that the data generated were already put in place and are not subject to the manipulation of the researcher, this were data within the period of 1989 to ...

CHAPTER ONE Introduction 1.1            Background to the study Varied researches on the use of language has made language users understand the fact that there is more to meaning making than grammaticality of a sentence. Semantics is made an anchorage of the branch of linguistics that studies meaning making in communications. Further researches by scholars have however shown that there is more to the ordinary, literal meaning of sentences got from ...

Abstract This study aimed to determine the level of post-consolidation financial stability in Nigeria and the effect of the Basel I Accord implementation on this stability. Secondary data on post-consolidation aggregate bank profits and liquidity (measures of financial stability) and post-consolidation aggregate capitalization of banks (made in compliance with Basel I Accord) obtained from the Statistical Bulletin, 2014 were analysed using the GARCH model. Research results show that there exists volatility in ...

ABSTRACT Management accounting offers a good best opportunity for firms to compete in the market in order to offer best quality products and services at affordable prices to consumers. The general objective of this study was to investigate the effects of management accounting practices on financial performance of manufacturing companies in Kenya. This study adopted a descriptive survey design.  The target population for this study was the 455 manufacturing companies ...

  TABLE OF CONTENTS TITLE PAGE.            -           -           -           -           -           -           -           -           -           -           -         i CERTIFICATION.    -           -           -           -           -           -           -           -           -           -        ii DEDICATION.          -           -           -           -           -           -           -           -           -           -       iii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS   -           -           -           -           -           -           -           -           -       iv TABLE OF CONTENTS.      -           -           -           -           -           -           -           -           -        v TABLE OF CASES.              ...

  TABLE OF CONTENTS   Title page                                                                                                                                 i Certification                                                                                                                            ii Dedication                                                                                                                              iii Acknowledgements                                                                                                                iv Table of Contents                                                                                                                  vii Table of Cases                                                                                                                       xiii Table of Statutes                                                                                                                  xxii Table of Abbreviations                                                                                                         xxxi Abstract                                                                                                                             xxxiv   CHAPTER ONE: GENERAL INTRODUCTION 1.1       Background of the Study                                                                                           1 1.2       Statement of the Problem                                                                                           4 ...

Abstract Terrorism in Nigeria is an impediment to national security and sustainable development. The attacks on security agencies, civilians, churches, mosques, foreign embassies in Nigeria and the United Nations offices in Abuja have become more worrisome as such attacks have always resulted in collateral. With the new media, improved and sophisticated weaponry, the terrorists have unleashed mayhem on national security. This study on terrorism and counterinsurgency in the northeast Nigeria ...

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION Background of the Study Resistance training, (also known as weight training or strength training) is the use of resistance to induce muscular contraction with the aim of building muscle strength, anaerobic endurance and size of skeletal muscles. It is based on the principle that muscles of the body will work to overcome resistance force when they are required to do so. Resistance training has gained popularity in ...

ABSTRACT Wagner’s Law suggests that as the economic activity of a country increases, so does its government expenditure. This study tests Wagner’s laws for Nigeria using annual time series data between 1981 and 2013. It adopts three of the most advanced econometric methods, the Johansen co-integration, Error correction Mechanism and the Granger causality test. From the co-integration  results we found out that their exists a long run relationship between government ...

TABLE OF CONTENT Title page Approval page Dedication Acknowledgment Abstract Table of content  CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1        Background of the study 1.2        Statement of problem 1.3        Objective of the study 1.4        Research Hypotheses 1.5        Significance of the study 1.6        Scope and limitation of the study 1.7       Definition of terms 1.8       Organization of the study CHAPETR TWO LITERATURE REVIEW CHAPETR THREE 3.0        Research methodology 3.1        sources of data collection 3.3        Population ...

TABLE OF CONTENT Title page Approval page Dedication Acknowledgment Abstract Table of content  CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1        Background of the study 1.2        Statement of problem 1.3        Objective of the study 1.4        Research Hypotheses 1.5        Significance of the study 1.6        Scope and limitation of the study 1.7       Definition of terms 1.8       Organization of the study CHAPETR TWO LITERATURE REVIEW CHAPETR THREE 3.0        Research methodology 3.1        sources of data collection 3.3        Population ...

Abstract Instructional materials are materials used to impact knowledge into the mind of learners, this material can either be visual or audio-visual. Improvised instructional materials are those teaching and learning materials produced using locally available resources with the help of experts. The paper visualized the importance of improvised instructional material for the teaching of biology at all levels of education, highlighted some of the improviseable alternatives to standard equipment, pointed ...

Abstract     Corruption has long been harmful and dangerous to the development of Nigeria systems. This study therefore, sheds light on the scourge of materialism and relevant institutions. The sociological theory, which supports investigation unto the function of systems in the society, has been deployed in this study. One of the findings of the research is that, social systems, presently, malfunctions. The researcher concludes that the only antidote to ...

  ABSTRACT Given the fact that communication is chiefly achieved through language, it is therefore important to study and account for how speakers encode their utterances and how meanings are decoded from the utterances during communication. This has made us to attempt a pragmatic analysis of President Goodluck Jonathan’s inaugural speech, Nigeria: Our Nation in Mourning, because of its socio-political importance with a view to accounting for how the president ...

ABSTRACT The study is a critical examination of the role of traditional institution communication network system as an instrument for rural development. Notwithstanding the various modern means of communication such as radio, internet, television, newspapers, magazines, etc. The rural means of communication is still the epitome for rural development. These traditional medium of communication includes the following talking drum, Smoke signals, Open market, Age groups, palm fronds, The town crier ...

Abstract Television has evolved into a potent force to be reckoned with in the transmission of social values and norms in a civilized society. Moreover, there are TV stations that have emerged with specialized programming in entertainment, called entertainment television. The study, sought to find out the frequency of teenagers’ exposure to TV; the kinds of entertainment programs they watch; what they pay attention to in the programs they watch; ...

Abstract This study is on the role of small and medium scale enterprises on economic growth in Nigeria. Four objectives were raised which included; To identify the policies put in place by the Nigerian government in order to promote growth of SMEs in Nigeria, to ascertain the impact of SMEs on economic growth of Nigeria, to investigate the impact of SMEs on poverty reduction in Nigeria, to ascertain the relationship ...